This time around, Dedece together with Vola, and Artichoke magazine organised an intimate dinner for Sue Carr – to celebrate the career of one of Australia’s most successful and prolific Interior Designers.

Sue was honoured for her significant contribution to the advancement of modernist Interior Design and her ongoing Architectural interactions in Australia.

Sue Carr is an interior designer, educator and indefatigable promoter of the benefits of good design, she has worked throughout her career to raise the profile of Interior design as a worth-while and recognised profession.

With a career spanning more than four decades, Sue is synonymous with the evolution of interior design in Australia and has been long recognized for a contemporary aesthetic with a strong focus on detailing

With a reputation for innovation and progressive design thinking over 40 years, Sue Carr was awarded Australia’s highest interior design accolade – the Interior Design Excellence Awards Gold Medal for Interior Design, in recognition for ” the distinguished contribution made by an Australian designer to design culture over the course of their career. ”
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Madsen, who is design manager at Danish practice Aarhus Arkitekterne, which designs all of Vola’s new products, says the trend for open-plan living spaces has increased the significance of the bathroom as a private space.

100% Original Design was organised by Elle Decor Italia at Milan’s Palazzo Reale, as part of its Be Original communication campaign, supporting originality and industrial design.

The Be Original project began in 2012, when Elle Decor launched a debate among all those involved in the product design industry, regarding the protection of creativity and originality, and the battle against industrial design counterfeiting.